There is a grassroots effort from your area run by Michael Lerner a
well known Jewish critic of Israeli policies and an advocate for
peace. He has a magazine called Tikkun and is easily reachable in Berkeley.
At 04:14 PM 7/27/2006, you wrote:
>Ken, I went there, and found the usual Internet squabbling. What I am
>hoping for, is somebody, anybody, coming up with a new and novel way to
>real peace. I haven't heard, or seen any new ideas, or old ideas, and
>frankly my brain can't think up new solution. WAR IS SO OLD AND OUTDATED
>AND TRULY UNNESSACARY. I am sick of all war, and seek other things to fill
>my evenings in front of the tv. I just get too upset at all the stupidity
>on all sides. Stop the world I want to get off!
>
>mag
>
>Tamar Raine
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>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 7/27/2006 3:08:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: Disability Rights (now mideast crisis?)
> >
> > since everyone is so appalled with Isreal, here is an
> > article you all need to read:
> >
> > http://digg.com/world_news/Hezbollah_s_Dangerous_Ball_Bearings
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > This is an article about a student in my town, and
> > > the impact the Israel/Lebanon situation has had on
> > > him and his family.
> > >
> > > Kendall
> > >
> > > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> > > redundant!)
> > >
> > > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> > > unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the
> > > world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on
> > > the unreasonable man.
> > >
> > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> > >
> > >
> > > Violence hits close for UW student
> > > By JARED MILLER
> > > Star-Tribune staff writer Thursday, July 27, 2006
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard Semaan, a Lebanese man studying at the
> > > University of Wyoming in Laramie, is struggling to
> > > keep tabs on family and friends displaced by the
> > > bombinig in his home country. Photo by Jaren Miller,
> > > Casper Star-Tribune.
> > >
> > >
> > > LARAMIE -- Richard Semaan is a busy University of
> > > Wyoming doctoral student, but these days he spends
> > > most of his time watching TV and surfing the Web.
> > >
> > > The 26-year-old Lebanese man carefully monitors
> > > 24-hour news channels and scours Arabic and English
> > > Web sites for any scraps of information about his
> > > embattled country.
> > >
> > > "If you have somebody in the line of fire, how
> > > productive can you be?" said Semaan, who studies a
> > > specialized engineering field called experimental
> > > turbulence.
> > >
> > > Semaan's parents and his older brother last week
> > > fled the Beirut suburbs for the mountains after food
> > > and water became scarce and a bomb exploded nearby.
> > > They're betting Israel won't target the rural,
> > > Christian area, he said.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Something must go terribly, terribly wrong to be
> > > hit there," Semaan said.
> > >
> > > Contact with his mother, a retired teacher, and his
> > > father, a retired accountant, has been spotty since
> > > the move. He said Israeli forces have attacked
> > > communication towers, and the family's rented
> > > apartment has no telephone service.
> > >
> > > However, Semaan regularly discusses the war with
> > > friends in Lebanon who say they feel helpless
> > > against the bombardment. Semaan struggles with
> > > conflicting emotions as he watches coverage of
> > > Israeli warplanes pummeling his country.
> > >
> > > "I can't tell you I wish I was there -- I'll be in
> > > the line of danger," Semaan said. "But at the same
> > > time, for some reason I'm wishing I was there."
> > >
> > > Semaan is no stranger to war. He's too young to
> > > remember the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, but
> > > his family suffered major losses in the subsequent
> > > civil wars that made Beirut a poster child for
> > > Middle East violence in the 1990s.
> > >
> > > "Our house got totally destroyed in that war,"
> > > Semaan said. "It was burned to the ground, and we
> > > virtually lost everything there, and we had to
> > > rebuild.
> > >
> > > "From that experience, I can relate to what's
> > > happening now. It's a big tragedy."
> > >
> > > Semaan was vacationing in Lebanon a day before
> > > Hezbollah guerillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers.
> > > Within hours, Israeli forces unleashed a nearly
> > > relentless assault on Lebanon that has killed
> > > roughly 400 Lebanese, most of them civilians, and
> > > displaced more than 500,000, according to wire
> > > reports. Hezbollah continues to shell parts of
> > > northern Israel in retaliation.
> > >
> > > Semaan said Hezbollah made a strategic mistake by
> > > snatching the soldiers, and now the Lebanese people
> > > are being "collectively punished" for its actions.
> > > The proof, he said, is the targets Israel is
> > > choosing.
> > >
> > > "Some of the targets are unexplainable," he said.
> > > "They're hitting lighthouses, wheat silos, farms,
> > > factories. What does that have to do with
> > > Hezbollah?"
> > >
> > > Israel, meanwhile, says Hezbollah fighters use
> > > civilian areas to conceal their arsenal of missiles
> > > and take human shields.
> > >
> > > What's more demoralizing, Semaan said, is that
> > > Lebanon had been undergoing massive rebuilding since
> > > the end of the civil war in 2000 and was expecting a
> > > strong tourist season.
> > >
> > > "We just want to be in peace, and Lebanon has paid a
> > > really, really heavy price for the conflicts in the
> > > region," he said.
> > >
> > > Semaan also is saddened by the U.S. government's
> > > position on the war, which is to allow the Israeli
> > > bombardment to continue until Hezbollah is crippled.
> > > President Bush has declined to call for an end to
> > > the bombing.
> > >
> > > "What I learned when I arrived here is you have to
> > > make a difference between U.S. foreign policy and
> > > the American people," Semaan said. "But it's
> > > apparent that the United States has always backed
> > > Israel in all its wars and all its conflicts with
> > > its neighbors."
> > >
> > > Semaan said many Lebanese, including himself, would
> > > like to see Hezbollah disarmed and a lasting peace
> > > in the region. But he predicts the destruction will
> > > deepen sympathy for the radical Islamic group, and
> > > could embolden a new generation of guerilla
> > > fighters.
> > >
> > > The Bush administration views Hezbollah as a
> > > terrorist group, but many Lebanese see it as an army
> > > of "freedom fighters" credited with ending the
> > > Israeli occupation, Semaan said.
> > >
> > > The violence "will only increase radicalism," he
> > > said. "What's happening is despite a lot of people
> > > in Lebanon not wanting Hezbollah to remain armed,
> > > now people are having sympathy for them because
> > > basically if you're looking at your country being
> > > destroyed, you don't care who's hitting back."
> > >
> > > Over the next few days, Semaan knows he must return
> > > to his studies, but he fears a humanitarian crisis
> > > and worries that his country won't have the means to
> > > rebuild again.
> > >
> > > "There is nothing left standing," Semaan said. "I
> > > can see the only way for us coming back is with
> > > international help."
> > >
> > > Semaan believes an end to the immediate violence
> > > will require work by the United States and all the
> > > regional players.
> > >
> > > He is less optimistic about the chances for
> > > sustained peace in Lebanon and the Middle East.
> > >
> > > "I don't see it now," he said, shaking his head. "I
> > > don't see it now."
> > >
> > > Reach reporter Jared Miller at (307) 632-1244 or at
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > Kendall Corbett
> > > Coordinator of Consumer Activities
> > > Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities - WIND
> > > College of Health Sciences
> > > University of Wyoming
> > > 1000 E. University Avenue, Dept. 4298
> > > Laramie, WY 82070
> > > (307) 766-2853
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > www.wind.uwyo.edu
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kendall David Corbett
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:27 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Disability Rights (now
> > > mideast crisis?)
> > >
> > > If I remember correctly, the present Israeli/Hamas
> > > conflict started when
> > > Israel attacked Lebanon after the kidnapping of an
> > > Israeli soldier.
> > > Soldiers go into the service knowing that they'll be
> > > in harm's way.
> > > Poorly targeted mortar attacks don't seem to be an
> > > appropriate response
> > >
> > === message truncated ===
> >
> >
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